Oklahoma Enabling Act

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The Oklahoma Enabling Act was a 1906 federal law that authorized the creation and admission of the state of Oklahoma by outlining the process for drafting its constitution and uniting Oklahoma and Indian Territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
enabling act ⓘ
admissionDateOfState 1907-11-16 ⓘ
admittedStateToUnion Oklahoma ⓘ
affectedTerritory Indian Territory ⓘ
Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction future State of Oklahoma ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1906-06-16 ⓘ
followedBy adoption of the Oklahoma Constitution ⓘ
proclamation of Oklahoma statehood by the President of the United States ⓘ
granted authority to form a state government in Oklahoma ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
historicalPeriod Progressive Era ⓘ
jurisdiction United States Congress ⓘ
legalStatus public law ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Indian Territory ⓘ
Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
officeHeldBySigner President of the United States ⓘ
partOf United States expansion and statehood legislation ⓘ
providedFor constitutional convention for Oklahoma ⓘ
division of the new state into congressional districts ⓘ
drafting of the Oklahoma state constitution ⓘ
election of delegates to a constitutional convention ⓘ
submission of the proposed constitution to the voters ⓘ
temporary state government arrangements ⓘ
purpose to authorize the people of Oklahoma and Indian Territory to form a state constitution ⓘ
to provide for the admission of a new state into the Union ⓘ
regulated procedure for admission of Oklahoma as a state ⓘ
process of uniting Oklahoma and Indian Territories ⓘ
relationToEvent Oklahoma statehood ⓘ
result admission of the State of Oklahoma ⓘ
union of Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory into one state ⓘ
setRequirement approval of the Oklahoma constitution by popular vote ⓘ
compliance of the Oklahoma constitution with the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
provisions for public schools in the Oklahoma constitution ⓘ
provisions for separation of powers in the Oklahoma constitution ⓘ
shortName Oklahoma Enabling Act ⓘ
signedBy Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
stateCreated Oklahoma ⓘ
title An Act to enable the people of Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union ⓘ
topic Oklahoma constitutional history ⓘ
statehood process in the United States ⓘ
yearEnacted 1906 ⓘ

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Coyle v. Smith → statehoodActInvolved → Oklahoma Enabling Act ⓘ
Oklahoma Organic Act → precedes → Oklahoma Enabling Act ⓘ
Oklahoma Organic Act → relatedTo → Oklahoma Enabling Act ⓘ
Oklahoma Enabling Act → title → An Act to enable the people of Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory to form a constitution and State government and be admitted into the Union ⓘ
linked to: Oklahoma Enabling Act
Oklahoma Enabling Act → shortName → Oklahoma Enabling Act ⓘ